Ayn Rand and cults generally, In which I have a bet with Jimbo Options

[Peter Damian]

See Jimbo's talk page, and the [[Ayn Rand]] article which I have rewritten. The bet is how long it will stay in its rewritten state. I love the remark that 'Aristotle was sorely over-rated'.

'Aristotle was sorely overrated'. Ha! Wikipediot. Obscure greek Homer 42k, famous american Homer 65k. I would have bought this argument when Wikipedia first began. But as I pointed out above, the project is now mature, and we still find it difficult to attract editors who can write accessible material on more encylopedic subjects. The reason is abundantly clear: the place is infested with cranks, advocates of strange fringe theories, mystics, lunatics of all kinds. No sane intelligent person would go near the place with a bargepole. In any case, I have now re-written the introduction to Ayn Rand that makes it less obviously written by Rand fanatics. Let's see what happens from there on. If the introduction stands relatively unchanged, I lose my bet. If it is torn to shreds and returned to the unreadable ungrammatical state as before, I win, bigtime. Peter Damian (talk) 13:08, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...es_in_Wikipedia

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[Peter Damian]

This

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=270750167

should liven things up. There has been far too little drama recently.

My goodness what a revolting article I have linked to.

Wow quick block, wanker Connolley again

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...%3APeter_Damian

amazing they can abuse the public around the world with stuff like that yet use the word on ANI and you are censored before you can say 'J Arthur'.

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[Bottled_Spider]

This
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=270750167
should liven things up. There has been far too little drama recently.

Definitely. But there's always too little drama on that shite article you insist on working on. What's needed is more anger; more bad feeling, and more comments on contributor's mothers (she's a whore/drunk/cow/man, etc). If I can add some well-meant criticism of the Wiki comment you made, overall, it wasn't bad. The "Wakner" bit was good, but where you went wrong was in spelling "masturbates" correctly. You should have gone with the wakner theme and said matsubrates instead, which would have confused your enemies and thus they probably wouldn't have blocked you, maybe.

Wow quick block, wanker Connolley again
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...%3APeter_Damian

The man Connolley is, indeed, a wanker, but one must never underestimate the fact that certain people have a natural in-built tolerance to the eyesight-damaging effects of the practice, in that he noticed your subtle insult almost immediately. I bet there's hardly any hair on his palms either. Still, I wouldn't want to shake hands with the arsehole.

amazing they can abuse the public around the world with stuff like that yet use the word on ANI and you are censored before you can say 'J Arthur'.

Maybe you should have. "This editor (Kjaer) is a good friend of Mr. J. Arthur Rank, a gentleman who matsubrates" doesn't sound so bad. In fact, it's quite friendly, and I can't see anyone having a problem with it.

[Peter Damian]

If I can add some well-meant criticism of the Wiki comment you made, overall, it wasn't bad. The "Wakner" bit was good, but where you went wrong was in spelling "masturbates" correctly. You should have gone with the wakner theme and said matsubrates instead, which would have confused your enemies and thus they probably wouldn't have blocked you, maybe.

Now that was exactly what I was going back to do but Connelley's eyesight was so good, as you say, that he spotted it first. I've heard that Connelley is legendary but this is the first time I have been up against this prick: how come he didn't get nominated for WP:DICK? He is an arsehole of the first order.

[Bottled_Spider]

If I can add some well-meant criticism of the Wiki comment you made, overall, it wasn't bad. The "Wakner" bit was good, but where you went wrong was in spelling "masturbates" correctly. You should have gone with the wakner theme and said matsubrates instead, which would have confused your enemies and thus they probably wouldn't have blocked you, maybe.

Now that was exactly what I was going back to do but Connelley's eyesight was so good, as you say, that he spotted it first. I've heard that Connelley is legendary but this is the first time I have been up against this prick: how come he didn't get nominated for WP:DICK? He is an arsehole of the first order.

Indeed he is. It stands to reason. As for why he failed to get a nomination - well, I don't want to cause trouble, or be seen as a conspiracy theorist, or anything, but a part of me wants to say "bribes". Perhaps palms were greased ...... fancies tickled ...... backs scratched ...... bets hedged ...... erm ...... feathers ruffled (that can't be right?) ...... who knows? Or maybe we all just forgot.